Horn

Kateřina Javůrková began playing horn at the age of nine with Tomáš Kreibich and continued at the Prague Conservatory with prof. Bedřich Tylšar. In 2016 she successfully graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (in the class of Zdeněk Divoký and Radek Baborák). During her studies she has passed an internship on the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse Paris in the class of prof. André Cazalet. She is a winner of a number of international competitions, among them the “Federico II di Svevia” competition in Italy (2011), 1st prize and title of laureate on the prestigious Prague Spring International Music Competition 2013 and ARD International Music Competition in 2016. In January 2017 she became one of the first holders of the new Classic Prague Awards. In 2013 she was admitted into the Czech Philharmonic and is a founding member of the Belfiato Quintet ensemble, which was awarded a 3rd prize on the 6th International Wind Quintet Competition in Marseille, France (2011) and Classic Prague Award 2019. As a soloist she has appeared with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, Münchener Kammerorchester, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, NOSPR Katowice etc.